‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit At the Premises of ‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’., Bolton 3 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year.

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location being in the North West of England centred on the Holiday Inn Express, Preston.

 

Friend Peter Rose joined me for what turned out to be a sometimes wet, but very enjoyable weekend.

 

As we have done before, we have combined all the images we have gathered. 

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

This was to be the last visit on the Saturday.

 

‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’., has a history dating back to 2007 and in that time have gathered together a very well kept fleet.

 

Coincidentally, their depot is located next door to that of ‘Diamond Bus (North West) Ltd’.

 

YX71 OHE ‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200MMC

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YX71 OHC ‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200MMC

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BF23 CMU ‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The newest member of the fleet.

 

 

 

 

 

SN16 BRV ‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’.

Mercedes-Benz 1023L / UNVI Voyager GT

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

One of a number of designs produced by a variety of manufacturers to replace the Mercedes-Benz 814D/Plaxton Cheetah combination.

 

The Cheetah going out of production due to M-B ceasing production of the chassis.

 

New to ‘DCL Travel’, Graham Park, Greater London.

 

 

 

 

FJ56 OBY ‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’.

Scania K340EB4 / Caetano Levante1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The VOR (Vehicle Off Road) notice behind the windscreen and lack of identifying vinyls makes me think that it might not be around for much longer.

 

New to ‘Thames Transit’ for use on ‘national express’ contracts but acquired from ‘Avacab’, Leyland, Lancs.

 

 

 

 

YJ58 FFG ‘ATLANTIC TRAVEL (GB) Ltd’.

VDL SB200 / Plaxton Centro

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ ,

 

New to ‘Arriva’, Gomersal, West Yorkshire.

 

 

‘Scene’ In York once more 1 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

The third blog of ten, posted over ten consecutive days. 

More tomorrow.

 

The City of York is very much on the ‘Tourist Trail’ both nationally and internationally.

 

A dedicated coaches only coach park is located  a couple of hundred yards behind the Minster which in my experience is alway busy.

 

It is there, and the provision of services there that I must begin.

 

I do not normally pass comment on such things but for such a high profile location, the toilet facilities were not up to standard.

 

Dirty and uncared for, on the day we were there, sums it up.

 

Disgrace is a word that springs to mind.

 

Some of the overseas visitors were appalled and I doubt will return.

 

I shall return, being a Yorkshireman, York is part of my heritage but I will not be ‘spending my pennies’ at that location in future.

 

VS 109 423 ‘Zerzuben’, Visp, Canton Valais, Switzerland.

SETRA 516HD / SETRA 1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

VS 109 423 ‘Zerzuben’, Visp, Canton Valais, Switzerland.

SETRA 516HD / SETRA 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

DZ 170 EG ‘Voyages Marcot’, France.

Van Hool TX19 altano / Van Hool

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

83 BFV 5 ‘Jan van Delen’ No.161, Barnevald, Holland, Pelikaan reis. 

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

WGM 2VJ4 ‘Telefun Travel’, Warsaw, Poland.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ out and about, ‘Bits & Pieces 2’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

CSG 43C ‘Eastern Scottish’ No. AA 43 A.

Bristol FLF6G Lodekka / Eastern Coach Works’ /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Scottish Omnibuses’ in 1965.

 

This image courtesy of friend Stuart Montgomery, one of ‘Lothian Buses’ volunteer photographers and posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

 

 

 

CSG 43C ‘Eastern Scottish’ No. AA 43 A.

Bristol FLF6G Lodekka / Eastern Coach Works’ /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Scottish Omnibuses’ in 1965.

 

 

 

 

 

 

YX19 MLU ‘Whittles’, Kidderminster.

Volvo B8R / Plaxton Panther

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Pictured in Buxton.

 

 

 

 

SN66 WHK ‘Moffatt & Williamson’, Fife, Scotland

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

This image courtesy of friend Peter Rose and posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

Pictured in Ceres, Fife.

 

 

 

 

J777 BCL ‘Bentleys Coaches’ Buxton, proud to serve the local community.

IVECO / UNVI CIMO

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Pictured at Carsington Water, Derbyshire.

 

 

 

 

AT64 KZT ‘Aston Manor Coaches Ltd’.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Pictured leaving Derby Bus Station.

 

 

 

 

YX68 UAW ‘HORSEMAN of Royal Berkshire’.

Volvo B8R / Plaxton Panther

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Pictured In Buxton.

 

 

‘Scene’ at Transpire’s Peak Park Bus Gathering 2022 /4 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For some years now, this event has been held at the ‘Peak Rail’ site at Rowsley in Derbyshire.

 

There was plenty of room for the 35 or so buses the event attracted together with the added bonus of the trains provided by ‘Peak Rail’.

 

This year being steam only.

 

A return to the traditional June date was welcome because last year the event was held in August due to the problems caused by the Covid 19 pandemic.

 

NH18 GGH ‘Caledonian Travel’.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 2018 to ‘National Holidays’ which at the time were associated with the ‘Shearings’ group who were early casualties of the Covid 19 Pandemic going out of business in early 2020.

 

 

 

 

CYD 724C ‘Hutchings & Cornelius’. 

AEC Reliance / Harrington Crusader

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Together with its stablemate, the Grenadier, Harrington’s produced some of the most stylish coaches of the 1960s.

 

 

 

 

S659 JSE ‘Go Green Peak Explorer’.

Volvo B10M / Jonkheere Modulo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1998 to ‘Stagecoach Bluebird’ as No. 659.

 

 

 

 

BXI 2599 ‘ULSTERBUS’ No. 2599.

Bristol RELL6G / Alexander (Belfast)

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

BXI 2565 ‘Citybus (NI)’ No. 2565.

Bristol RELL6G / Alexander (Belfast)

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

CHA 460K ‘Midland Red’ No. 6460.

Leyland Leopard / Plaxton Panorama Elite

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

JMA 413L ‘North Western Road Car Co’. No. 413.

Bristol RELH6L / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ by Peter Rose when Dashing Around Dundee 4 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

Christmas comes but once a year so the saying goes, so I would like to wish all the blogs viewers and readers the compliments of the season and I hope that it is as happy a time for you as you would wish for yourselves.

 

It has been a bumper year for days out on the Rails, Roads and Runways of the UK where a wide selection of images have been gathered by friend Peter Rose and myself.

 

Our gift to you then, is to post blogs on every day over the Christmas and New Year period. 

 

Starting on Christmas Eve, the 24th. of December and concluding on New Years Day, January 1st. 2023.

 

So, don’t just get glued to the television, have a look at what is on offer at

 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Friend Peter recently visited Dundee and has forwarded these images for me to share with you.

 

As usual, they are reproduced here with his permission and my thanks.

 

Public transport in Dundee has a long and complex history dating back to the 1870s.

 

The current owners ‘McGills Buses’ having bought the company from ‘National Express West Midlands’ in 2021.

 

‘McGills Buses’, a family owned business, are currently the largest independent operator in the UK with headquarters in Greenock on the West coast of Scotland.

 

PSU 339  ‘Tayside Public Transport Co. Ltd.’ Fly Dundee Edinburgh Airport. 

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New as NH17 LFH to ‘National Holidays’ as No. 960.

 

PSU 339 is a cherished registration owned by the company that has seen it used on a number of buses/coaches going back to the ‘Tayside’ days.

 

There is a suggestion that it has also been registered as X23 MGL which is a ‘McGills Buses’ cherished registration

 

‘National Holidays’ was part of the ‘Shearings’ group of companies who unfortunately were early victims of the Covid 19 pandemic, going out of business in early 2020.

 

 

 

 

NH17 NFH ‘Tayside Public Transport Co. Ltd.’ Fly. 

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Looking at this coach alongside PSU 933 (above), it would seem that at the time of the image, that the branding was incomplete. 

 

New to ‘National Holidays’ as No. 962.

 

 

 

 

NH17 NFH ‘Tayside Public Transport Co. Ltd.’ Fly.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

CTS 917 ‘Tayside Public Transport Co. Ltd.’ No. 2850. Discover Dundee, Xplore Dundee.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered BF60 UUC to ‘Centrewest’ as No. VN37894.

 

Rebuilt to part open top in 2018 by ‘London City Tour’, North Acton.

 

Then to ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 251 on ‘CitySightseeing’ duties in Edinburgh.

 

 

 

 

CTS 917 ‘Tayside Public Transport Co. Ltd.’ No. 2850. Discover Dundee,

Xplore Dundee.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BF60 UUJ ‘Tayside Public Transport Co. Ltd.’ No. 2854.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

New to ‘Centrewest’ as No. VN37896.

 

 Then to ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 255 on ‘CitySightseeing’ duties in Edinburgh.

 

Looking at this bus alongside CTS 917 (above), it would seem that at the time of the image, that the branding was incomplete.

 

 

 

 

BF60 UUJ ‘Tayside Public Transport Co. Ltd.’ No. 2854.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘Skills’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year. (Covid permitting).

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location was in my part of the world, the East Midlands.

 

‘Skills’ was the provider of our transport for the day and their base at Bulwell in Nottingham was to be our first visit of this the third day.

 

N1 SMC ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’. ‘corporate hospitality’ ‘Forest Team Coach’.

Volvo B11RT / Volvo 9900

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Previously registered C9 VBC and OU68 DZK.

 

The football that Nottingham Forest play in the Premiership might turn heads this season.

 

The coach they turn up in certainly will.

 

 

 

 

BV19 YJC ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SIL 7565 ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’.

VDL FHD2-129.365

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered YJ13 HVC.

 

 

 

 

HXI 733 ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’. 

Mercedes-Benz 0816D Vario / Plaxton Cheetah

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered SF09 GWG to ‘Premium’, Holborn.

 

 

 

 

MCT 612 ‘MCEWENS COACHES LTD’.

Yutong TC 9

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘MCEWENS COACHES LTD’ are part of the ‘Skills group.

 

 

 

 

BK15 AHO ‘SKILLS MOTOR COACHES’.

Scania K440EB4 / Caetano Levante

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Not the best image ever, but it was parked in deep shade.

 

New to ‘Silverdale’, part of the ‘Skills’ group.

 

Delivered in ‘national express’ livery for use on that companies contracts.

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year. (Covid permitting).

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location was in my part of the world, the East Midlands.

 

The fifth and final visit of this second day was to the two premises of ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’, an operator I have long admired but always found elusive.

 

At the first ‘Marshalls’ site we were welcomed by Mr. John Marshall and he accompanied us to the second site aboard the beautiful Duple bodied Daimler seen in part 1.

 

The fact that a number of coaches in the fleet have the letters JAM in their registrations might just be a coincidence, but I doubt it.

 

PM19 JAM ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. VDL 119.

VDL FHD2-106 Futura

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

PM14 JAM ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. VDL 97.

VDL FHD2-129 Futura

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

PM17 JAM ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. MB114.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

PM16 JAM ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. MB104.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

PM07 JAM  ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. VL73.

Volvo B12B / Plaxton Panther

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

PM04 JAM ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. VL77.

Volvo B12M / Plaxton Paragon

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered 04-D-59533 to ‘McGeehan’, Fintown, Eire in 2004.

 

 

 

 

S3 YRR ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. MB78.

Mercedes-Benz 0510 Tourino

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered BN08 OOW.

 

 

 

 

C434 HHL ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ No. B101.

Bedford YNT / Plaxton Paramount

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Wainfleet’, Nuneaton but purchased from ‘Atkins’, Folkestone.

 

‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 Shades of Blue (and a hint of pink) on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ in 2021 was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

BV19 YGT ‘City of Oxford’ No. 35 ‘airline’. 

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BV19 YGT ‘City of Oxford’ No. 35 ‘airline’. 

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BV21 ONO ‘Universitybus’, Hatfield No. 358.

Volvo B8RLE / MCV eVoRa /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

 

 

 

BV21 ONO ‘Universitybus’, Hatfield No. 358.

Volvo B8RLE / MCV eVoRa /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’